LETTER: U.S. Rep. John Faso should demand Trump release tax returns

President Trump’s tax record must be published in full because the American people must be allowed to know what conflicts of interest Trump is hiding.

Note that I don’t say if, but what, conflicts of interest, because, with a person this dishonest and devious, with his fingers in a web of business deals all over the globe, it’s a given that there are major conflicts of interest. He should have been disqualified from even running for office because of this issue.

Americans are learning that much of their democracy was run on the honor system, on mutually agreed standards, not laws, and now there’s someone who isn’t playing by those rules. I hope U.S. Rep. John Faso, R-Kinderhook, is not one of the people who thinks he can benefit from Trump’s long con, because he will go down with him when he crashes, or his constituents will vote him out at our earliest opportunity.

Faso should stand up for us — stand up for integrity, for justice, for the rule of law — and repudiate Trump and all he stands for. He should force the airing of Trump’s tax returns for all to see and then force him out of office immediately.